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[Wilson Gray]

On 4/5/07, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu> wrote:
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> At 3:25 PM -0400 4/5/07, Wilson Gray wrote:
> >When I was a kid in the 'Forties in Saint Louis, I had a couple of (I
> >prefer the ancient form) classmates in my segregated elementary school
> >named "Major." In those days, During The War, the other kids seemed
> >not to find this strange. In my own opinion, even though I was just a
> >hick from the sticks, at the time, this was a name *way* cooler than
> >"Wilson," which should have been "William," at least. It wasn't until
> >1970 that I met, for the first and only time, another person forenamed
> >"Wilson."
> >
> >During the 'Fifties, there was an R&B singer named "General Jones."
> >Later, during the 'Sixties, there was the much-better-known Major
> >Lance, whom others here may recall.
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> And, lest we forget, Joseph Heller's Major Major Major.
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> LH
> >
Not to mention Tim the Tool-Man's neighbor, Wilson Wilson.

-Wilson (<har! har!> At last! Take that, Larry!)

> >On 4/5/07, Margaret Lee <mlee303 at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> >>The first name of the principal of the school where I taught my
> >>first year after college, was Commodore (late 1960's).
> >>
> >>   Margaret
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> >>   Doug Harris <cats22 at FRONTIERNET.NET> wrote:
> >>   Also... a parent of one of my wife's kindergarten kids in the Bronx a few
> >>years ago gave her first born the first name 'Admiral'. Her second born was
> >>named 'General'. I believe, but can't swear to it, that they were named
> >>after specific officers. Admirable as was her intent, one has to imagine
> >>that, in the general school population, both those kids have suffered no end
> >>of ribbing.
> >>(the other) doug
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> >>Don't feel bad, Dr. Gray. I just sent my boss an e-mail saying "here is my
> >>report, a week early"---and forgot to attach the report.
> >>
> >>- Jim Landau
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All say, "How hard it is that we have to die"---a strange complaint to
come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
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                                                      -Sam'l Clemens

Dope wil get you through times of no money better than money will get
you through times of no dope.
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                                         -Free-Wheeling Franklin

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